Thursday has entered the studio to begin recording their sixth full length and second for Epitaph Records. The band will spend the next few months recording at Tarbox Road Studios in Fredonia, NY with Common Existence and A City by the Light Divided producer Dave Fridmann (MGMT, The Flaming Lips, Mogwai) and plan to release the new album in spring 2011.

Frontman Geoff Rickly commented:

We've worked with Dave Fridmann before, but this is definitely the most we've ever clicked with him. In style, this record feels like a radical departure from our earlier records but in substance it feels like a return. The songs are more vulnerable than they've been in a long time. Some of the song titles include "A Darker Forest" and "Little Sparks Against the Sun"... It's very atmospheric and mood oriented so far.

Since the release of Common Existence in 2009, the band toured with Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge, Bring Me The Horizon, Touche Amore, La Dispute, Young Widows, The Dear Hunter and Fake Problems. Rickly also contributed to his side project, the retro-screamo outfit, United Nations.

Horrible update... description-wise.
"It's so different, but so similar." Shut the fuck up.

And I know they aren't, and don't consider themselves a "punk" band, so this isn't really relevant, but I would never enlist a producer who has MGMT, The Flaming Lips, and Mogwai as their "selling point artists".

But, to sum this up, there are tons and tons of modern bands that sound like Thursday, but Thursday is the most tolerable.
So, banana-nana-foo-foo.

lol dude what you said is stupid, what they said makes sense
"In style, this record feels like a radical departure from our earlier records but in substance it feels like a return. "
is that too complicated for you? lol i'm stoked i think they've been kickin ass for years. i think their live show beats the hell out of their records.

also, mogwai flaming lips and mgmt are definitely notable artists if you're gonna mention what other bands your producer has worked with- whether you like them or not doesn't mean shit- they've achieved recognition and they all have decent fanbases. In conclusion, think before you post

At some point Thursday completely fell off my radar, and I sort of feel guilty about it. Maybe it's because I sort of hold them responsible for awful bands like Vendetta Red and Fear Before The March Of Flames.

I actually think the records arent nearly as weird like that as youre saying. I mean, we are talking about the producer who did the Flaming Lips record that came on four seperate cds.... Atleast theyve stuck to a single record..

THANK YOU! That's what I've been saying. They need to get back to making simpler music again. Some good riffs and vocals. Keep the shit simple. It's waaaaay over done. Whatever happened to that raw energy of their songs? I miss that. Personally, I think they just need to get rid of the keys. That's when it all started.

I just wanted to come on here and thank you for the responses. I know we may not be writing the material that some of you want(simpler, heavier, etc.) but we are doing our best to keep this thing we have honest. We set out to make honest music that excited us and carried across our subject matter sincerely. Unfortunately we can't take others' advice into consideration AND continue to follow what excites US. This record will be further from our "older" records than anything we've previously done and it will continue to push the production into places that some of our listeners don't enjoy. I wish we could follow our hearts and not disappoint anyone at all but that isn't always how it works. Thanks for being attentive enough to continue to check our newer records out.

To be honest I'd prefer it if they carried on working on their more 'experimental' songs. Those are probably the strongest off A City By THe Light Divided. I reckon it would have been a better album if they'd left out The Other Side OF the Crash and 54321. They just sound like Full Collapse rehashed.